rencarnated as a koi fish

Li Yu knew that he had made a huge mistake.

He didn't even need to think about it. King Jing must be furious. Moreover, he had splashed water on King Jing and caused chaos in the Palace of Heavenly Purity when King Jing wasn't around. Now, he had even molested King Jing himself. Li Yu felt that it was already a miracle that King Jing didn't strangle him to death on the spot.

He had forgotten how he had rolled back into the fish tank from King Jing's hands, and how he had laid down on the white stone bed. Fish fell asleep easily, but he had tossed and turned for half the night without feeling sleepy at all. When the moonlight outside the window shone into the blue and white porcelain fish tank and the bottom of the water sparkled, Li Yu felt a little better about his absent-mindedness. He had learned from his lesson.

No matter how thick-skinned he was, he couldn't continue to be a bright pearl. There should be a chance for him to become a real person in the future. It was better to give up on the side quest and focus on the main quest first.

Li Yu convinced himself with great difficulty and prepared to focus on how to "get along" with King Jing. However, this big mistake had already cast a shadow over him. As soon as he saw King Jing, he felt uncomfortable all over. He always felt that the fish's mouth still retained the softness from that time, and the fish's tail felt like it had been roasted by fire. In a moment, the whole fish would burn up.

How could he have been blinded by lard at that time? He couldn't even tell the difference between pearls and that thing.

Li Yu irritably stuffed his head into the water grass quilt. He was so uncomfortable, and King Jing probably wasn't comfortable either. If they were in each other's shoes and were bitten by a fish, they would probably become a laughingstock for the rest of their lives.

Unfortunately, he still courted death and lived in King Jing's room. They saw each other every day. Now, he couldn't even buy medicine for regret.

Li Yu unconsciously avoided King Jing. When King Jing passed by, he would either point his tail at King Jing or hide in the water grass quilt and pretend to be asleep. He would wait for Wang Xi to come over to see him, then he would act cute and beg for food.

Every time, Wang Xi would feed him a lot of red fish food. For some reason, her eyes were full of tenderness when she looked at him. She even whispered to him, "Little thing, you've suffered. Eat more and become fatter."

Li Yu:???

Fattening a fish was also very dangerous. Little Carp became alert. Was King Jing planning to make him into fish soup?

Fortunately, every time Wang Xi finished feeding the fish, he would use a jade ruyi to push him to swim back and forth a few times. Li Yu was very puzzled at first. Perhaps Wang Xi had always followed the especially quiet King Jing around, so he had developed a talkative nature. He had to think twice before speaking in front of his master, but he had no such concerns in front of the little carp. Li Yu learned from Eunuch Wang's long-winded chatter that he couldn't eat too much fish. Eunuch Wang had chased him away to help him digest.

Li Yu was stunned. A hand appeared in his mind, its fingers pressed together and gently pushed him around. It was also when he had eaten a lot of fish food.

It turned out that King Jing was also helping him digest.

But because he couldn't speak, and because of his personality, King Jing didn't reveal this to anyone.

Li Yu felt grateful and increasingly guilty. He knew that King Jing treated him well, but he had taken advantage of him. Sigh.

Although it was a misunderstanding and an accident, he had taken advantage of him.

Little Carp thought with a face full of vicissitudes. Since he had taken advantage of him, he and King Jing couldn't go back to the past.

Could it be that if he continued to run away like this, he wouldn't be able to do missions anymore and would become fish bones and fish ashes?

Li Yu was unwilling to end his life for such an inexplicable reason.

He wanted to pull himself together and happily complete missions with King Jing, not hide whenever he heard King Jing's footsteps.

He … felt that he should try to apologize.

Although it was a misunderstanding, it was ultimately his fault.

As long as he apologized, even if the apology of a fish was insignificant to King Jing, he could completely turn over a new leaf and treat King Jing normally.

But how was he going to apologize to her?

He often did seaweed dances and twirls, so they weren't considered special.

He couldn't write, and he couldn't express himself using human language.

As a fish, he couldn't even prepare a proper gift. The fish tank he lived in, the bed, and the blanket he used didn't belong to him.

How could he show his sincerity?

Li Yu circled around the fish tank in distress, and his gaze fell on a piece of fish food.

This was a piece of fish food that Wang Xi had fed him not long ago. Li Yu wasn't very hungry, so he didn't eat it.

The fish food that was given to him was his.

He could give this to King Jing as a show of sincerity.

Li Yu picked up the fish food and hid it well. He was afraid that the amount was too little, so he hid it a few more times and made up an auspicious number of six.

King Jing was rarely in the bedroom during the day. He usually came over at night. When the lights were turned on at night, Li Yu estimated that it was about time. He picked up the fish food one by one and carefully lined it up, waiting for King Jing happily.

What's the big deal about biting Master? I'm just a fish. Master, you'll forgive fish, right?

But he didn't know that King Jing had something important to do that night and returned to the Wang Residence outside the palace. He waited until he fell asleep, but King Jing still didn't come.

Early in the morning, King Jing rushed back to Jingtai Palace through the morning dew.

Wang Xi led a group of servants to help him change his clothes. King Jing took the time to look at the blue and white porcelain fish tank.

Ever since he was bitten by the little carp, King Jing felt that the fish was a little listless. And according to his observation, this listlessness was targeted. But when it came to him, Wang Xi just wagged its head and tail. When it came to him, it was just a clump of seaweed.

King Jing was a little angry. Wasn't he the one who was bitten? He didn't do anything, but the fish actually ignored him?

King Jing wasn't someone who was easy to deal with. He wanted to settle accounts with the fish and set up rules. He wrote them down one by one and was ready to hand them over to Wang Xi.

He wouldn't be so cruel to his fish. He just wanted the fish to suffer a little so that it wouldn't go overboard and cause trouble for him.

One of the rules was to put the pearl picked up from the Palace of Heavenly Purity in a crystal bottle and put the crystal bottle in the fish tank.

King Jing knew that the little carp really wanted the pearl, so he didn't let it have its way. He only wanted to let it see the pearl and temper it. He wanted to let it know that the way of the world was most likely not as it wished.

"Your Highness, can … can the little thing understand your painstaking efforts?"

Wang Xi tried to persuade King Jing. In fact, Wang Xi wanted to say that the little thing was just a fish. It definitely wouldn't understand such profound principles.

However, King Jing insisted. He nodded solemnly at what he had to do.

Wang Xi: "…"

Wang Xi couldn't dissuade his master, so he went to make the preparations.

After King Jing finished changing, he went to the fish tank and found that the little carp didn't hide, nor did it hide on the white stone bed. Instead, it slept on a row of neatly arranged fish food.

King Jing: "…"

For a moment, King Jing almost thought that someone was mistreating the fish and that it had started to store food.

The little carp woke up after a while. It looked around and found that the fish food was still there. When it looked up, it saw King Jing and happily spun in circles.

No, no, no. Li Yu shook his head. He almost reflexively did a seaweed dance!

Li Yu tried to lower his head in the water, but his fins were too short and he couldn't make a bow. Li Yu had to give up on arching his fins and put the fish food in front of King Jing one by one. Then, he lowered his head again.

King Jing: "…"

Wang Xi said in surprise, "Your Highness, the little thing … what is the meaning of this?"

King Jing looked at the row of fish food and saw that the little carp kept nodding his head. He looked at it for a long time and also guessed for a long time.

Was it begging for mercy, trying to please him, or something else?

No matter what it was, the fish food seemed to … want him to eat it.

Of course, people couldn't eat fish food. King Jing smiled at the strange thoughts of this fish.

Wang Xi saw that he seemed to be deep in thought and didn't dare to speak rashly. The chamberlain who had been ordered to make preparations came to report. Wang Xi tried to call out softly, "Your Highness, Your Highness … the night-luminescent pearl has been placed in the crystal bottle according to your instructions."

King Jing originally indicated to Wang Xi that he would personally sink the pearl and the crystal bottle into the fish tank as punishment for the little carp.

This time, Wang Xi called for a long time before King Jing came back to his senses.

Wang Xi was holding the crystal bottle with the night-luminescent pearl in his hand. This bottle was very sturdy and the mouth of the bottle was sealed with wax. It was impossible for a fish to open it.

Looking at the fish in the fish tank blowing bubbles at him, King Jing hesitated for a moment and pulled Wang Xi back.

Wang Xi didn't know what was going on, but King Jing had already taken the crystal bottle from his hand and lifted it above the fish tank.

The light of the night-luminescent pearl was very bright even through the crystal bottle, and it instantly filled the fish tank.

Li Yu's attention was immediately attracted. He immediately saw clearly that this was the bright pearl he had been dreaming of.

What was going on? Was he dreaming? He had already given up on the side task, but King Jing took out the night-luminescent pearl again.

Li Yu still remembered the consequences of his recklessness last time. He didn't dare to move and obediently stayed in the fish tank, wagging his tail expectantly.

What was King Jing trying to do? Could it be what he was thinking?

The young man standing in front of the fish tank silently opened the crystal bottle and threw the night-luminescent pearl directly into the fish tank.

Life was full of misfortunes.

But as long as someone truly missed him, even if it was a fish, he would take care of it.

The night-luminescent pearl slowly fell. In the fish's eyes, the bright pearl looked like a brilliant shooting star.